Housing apparatus

Abstract

A housing apparatus includes housing units in which a plurality of permanent magnets are housed, respectively; binding units which are arranged in the housing units, respectively, and bind the permanent magnets in the housing units, respectively; permanent magnet detectors which are arranged in the housing units, respectively, and detect whether the permanent magnets are housed in the housing units, respectively; and a control unit which controls the binding units to selectively keep the permanent magnets in a binding state or a nonbinding state on the basis of detection results of the permanent magnet detectors.

1. A housing apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of housing units in which a plurality of permanent magnets are housed, respectively; 
 a plurality of binding units which are arranged in the plurality of housing units, respectively, and bind the plurality of permanent magnets in the plurality of housing units, respectively; 
 a plurality of permanent magnet detectors which are arranged in the plurality of housing units, respectively, and detect whether the plurality of permanent magnets are housed in the plurality of housing units, respectively; and 
 a control unit which controls the plurality of binding units to selectively keep the plurality of permanent magnets in a binding state or a nonbinding state on the basis of detection results of the plurality of permanent magnet detectors. 
 
     
     
       2. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when some of the plurality of permanent magnet detectors detects the permanent magnet, the control unit controls the binding unit to bind the permanent magnet housed in the housing unit. 
 
     
     
       3. The housing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 when the detection result of some of the plurality of permanent magnet detectors changes from a detection result representing that the permanent magnet in the housing unit is not detected into a detection result representing that the permanent magnet in the housing unit is detected, the control unit controls the binding unit to bind the permanent magnet housed in the housing unit. 
 
     
     
       4. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the plurality of permanent magnet detectors detect the plurality of permanent magnets in the housing units, the control unit controls the plurality of binding units to cancel a binding state of at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets bound in the plurality of housing units. 
 
     
     
       5. The housing apparatus according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a permanent magnet selector which selects any one of the plurality of permanent magnets housed in the plurality of housing units, wherein 
 the control unit controls the plurality of binding units to cancel a binding state of the permanent magnet selected by the permanent magnet selector. 
 
     
     
       6. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of binding units are a plurality of adsorptive power generators which change adsorptive powers which adsorb the plurality of permanent magnets, respectively. 
 
     
     
       7. The housing apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein
 each of the plurality of adsorptive power generators includes 
 a ferromagnetic body which adsorbs the permanent magnet in the housing unit; and 
 a distance changing unit which changes a distance between the permanent magnet in the housing unit and the ferromagnetic material. 
 
     
     
       8. The housing apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein
 each of the plurality of adsorptive power generators is an electromagnet which adsorbs the permanent magnet in the housing unit. 
 
     
     
       9. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of binding units are a plurality of fixing units which mechanically fix the plurality of permanent magnets in the plurality of housing units. 
 
     
     
       10. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 each of the plurality of housing units is a housing unit on which an opening from or into which the permanent magnet is inserted or pulled is formed, and 
 the plurality of binding units are a plurality of lids which openably close the openings of the plurality of housing units. 
 
     
     
       11. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 each of the plurality of housing units includes a lid which openably closes the opening near the opening from or into which the permanent magnet is pulled or inserted, and 
 the plurality of binding units are a plurality of lock units which lock the plurality of lids, respectively. 
 
     
     
       12. The housing apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein
 each of the plurality of housing units includes an opening/closing state detector which detects an opening/closing state of the lid, and 
 the control unit controls the plurality of lock units on the basis of detection results of the plurality of opening/closing detectors. 
 
     
     
       13. The housing apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein
 when the plurality of permanent magnet detectors detect the plurality of permanent magnets in the housing units, respectively, and when the plurality of opening/closing state detectors detect closing states of the plurality of lids, the control unit controls the plurality of lock units to a locking state. 
 
     
     
       14. The housing apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein
 when the plurality of permanent magnet detectors detect the plurality of permanent magnets in the plurality of housing units, and when detection results of the plurality of opening/closing state detectors are changed from detection results of the opening states of the lids into detection results of the closing states of the lids, the control unit controls the plurality of lock units in locking states. 
 
     
     
       15. The housing apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein
 when the plurality of permanent magnet detectors detect the plurality of permanent magnets in the housing units, respectively, and when the plurality of opening/closing state detectors detect closing states of the plurality of lids, the control unit controls the plurality of lock units to cancel a locking state of any one of the plurality of lock units. 
 
     
     
       16. The housing apparatus according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a permanent magnet selector which selects any one of the plurality of permanent magnets housed in the plurality of housing units, wherein 
 the control unit controls the plurality of lock units to cancel a locking state of the lid which closes the opening of the housing unit which houses the permanent magnet selected by the permanent magnet selector. 
 
     
     
       17. The housing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic shield which reduces an amount of leakage of a magnetic field of the permanent magnet. 
     
     
       18. A method for housing permanent magnets, comprising:
 individually binding a plurality of permanent magnets respectively housed in a plurality of housing units; 
 displaying information indicating at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets a binding state of which is to be canceled; and 
 canceling the binding state of the permanent magnet displayed.